Title: Don’t hand it over
I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b
I periodically utilize a method designed to reinforce someone’s resolve to resist old beliefs about themselves and begin thinking anew. It involves identifying a truth they wish to uphold and then handing them a couch pillow.
“We’re going to play a little game. This pillow represents your new belief, and I’m going to try and take it from you.” I then attempt to persuade them to surrender it. Using projections of their own, negative self-talk such as, “you know you don’t really deserve it, so just hand it back.”
Surprisingly, some hand it back without hesitation, not realizing the point of the game.
Is that you?
Real men do not hand over the truth about what they have in Christ.
